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President Meron delivers a lecture at an ICRC Regional IHL Course for Arab Diplomats in Abu Dhabi

Arusha, The Hague, 13 October 2016

The President, Judge Theodor Meron
The President, Judge Theodor Meron

The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Judge Theodor Meron, on Wednesday, 12 October 2016, delivered a lecture on the Criminal Repression of International Humanitarian Law Violations: Lessons from the…

 

MICT Judges meet in The Hague for Plenary Session

The Hague, 28 September 2016

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The Judges of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) held their first in-person plenary session in The Hague on 26 and 27 September 2016. During the plenary, the Judges discussed issues pertaining to the internal functioning of…

 

MICT and ICTY welcome record number of visitors on The Hague International Open Day

The Hague, 26 September 2016

Visitors in a courtroom of the MICT-Hague Branch
Visitors in a courtroom of the MICT-Hague Branch

Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) yesterday hosted more than 870 visitors as part of the ninth annual The Hague International Open Day, organised by the…

 

Open Day on 25 September 2016

The Hague, 23 September 2016

Open Day on 25 September 2016
Open Day on 25 September 2016

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) invite all interested members of the public to attend the MICT/ICTY Open Day on Sunday, 25 September,…

 

President Meron discusses Mechanism as a new model of international justice

The Hague, 20 September 2016

Dr. Abi Williams, President of The Hague Institute, Judge Theodor Meron, Mechanism President, Dr. Fidelma Donlon, Registrar of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Professor Dr. Carsten Stahn, Chair of International Criminal Law and Global Justice, and Programme Director of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University
Dr. Abi Williams, President of The Hague Institute, Judge Theodor Meron, Mechanism President, Dr. Fidelma Donlon, Registrar of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Professor Dr. Carsten Stahn, Chair of International Criminal Law and Global Justice, and Programme Director of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University

The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”), Judge Theodor Meron, yesterday took part in a panel discussion entitled “A Conversation on New Models of Tribunals”, at The Hague Institute for Global…

 

Release of the Report into Zdravko Tolimir’s Death

The Hague, 8 September 2016

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The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”), Judge Theodor Meron, today filed the report of the internal inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Zdravko Tolimir in the United Nations Detention…

 

President Meron delivers remarks at an ICRC Seminar for Francophone National Judges and Experts in Abidjan

Arusha, The Hague, 5 September 2016

President Theodor Meron
President Theodor Meron

The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Judge Theodor Meron, today delivered remarks on the role of international and national courts in prosecuting crimes under international humanitarian law at the Expert…

 

The Mechanism Headquarters Agreement for The Hague branch enters into force

The Hague, 1 September 2016

Headquarters of the Mechanism
Headquarters of the Mechanism

The Agreement between the United Nations and the Kingdom of the Netherlands concerning the Headquarters of the Mechanism entered into force today.
 
The Headquarters Agreement regulates all matters relating to the establishment and…

 

Prosecutor Brammertz meets with officials in Arusha

Arusha, 26 August 2016

Justice Augustino S. L. Ramadhani and Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Justice Augustino S. L. Ramadhani and Prosecutor Serge Brammertz

The Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Serge Brammertz, paid a courtesy call on the President of the African Court on Human and Peoples…

 

President Meron discusses judicial cooperation with African and East African institutions

Arusha, 23 August 2016

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The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Judge Theodor Meron, today met with Justice Augustino S. L. Ramandhani, President of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, and Justice Dr. Emanuel Ugirashebuja…